Gordon Guggisberg
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Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, was a senior Canadian-born British Army officer and British Empire colonial administrator. He published a number of works on military topics and Afri
Guggisberg in c. 1922
Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg self-portrait, 1922
Guggisberg statue at Korle-Bu Hospital, Accra, inaugurated in 1974, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the hospital
Gold Coast (British colony)
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The Colony of the Gold Coast was a British Crown colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa from 1821 until its independence as Ghana in 1957. The term Gold Coast may also refer collectively to the f
Gordon Guggisberg
…he published Modern Warfare under the pseudonym "Ubique". In September 1902 Guggisberg was employed by the Colonial Office on a special survey of the Gold Coast Colony and Ashanti, and in 1905 was appointed director of surveys in that colony. In 1908 he returned to Chatham for regimental work, but in 1910 was appointed…
The Gold Coast in 1922
The First Anglo-Ashanti War
The Portuguese-built Elmina Castle was purchased by Britain in 1873. Also known as St. George Castle, it is now a World Heritage Site
Following the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War in 1896, the British proclaimed a protectorate over the Ashanti Kingdom.